Polarized White Emission from Fluorene-Based Polymer Blends

Three alternating co-polyfluorenes emitting primary red, green and blue (RGB) colors have been synthesized via a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction. All copolymers reveal good thermal stability and nematic liquid crystalline behavior. The polymers were fabricated to form a polarized electr...

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Published in:Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 2005-10, Vol.44 (10R), p.7648
Main Authors: Yao, Yung-Hsin, Kung, Liang-Rern, Hsu, Chain-Shu
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Language:English
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Summary:Three alternating co-polyfluorenes emitting primary red, green and blue (RGB) colors have been synthesized via a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction. All copolymers reveal good thermal stability and nematic liquid crystalline behavior. The polymers were fabricated to form a polarized electroluminescent device using poly(ethylene dioxythiophene)–poly(styrene sulfonicacid) (PEDOT–PSS) as an alignment layer. For the case of primary colors, a host-guest approach that utilized a blue light emission P1 as a host with a green light P2 or a red light P3 as a guest led to approximately two- to fourfold enhancement in luminescence in comparison with that of a neat film in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs), 1039 versus 2205 cd/m 2 and 284 versus 1146 cd/m 2 . In the case of white light, as a consequence of blending, polarized emission peak ratio of up to 4.4 and a pure white luminance brightness of up to 1895 cd/m 2 have been attained.
ISSN:0021-4922
1347-4065
DOI:10.1143/JJAP.44.7648